Beverage mixing machine



July 6, 1937. J. KANTOR El AL 2,086,273

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July 6, 1937. KANTOR U M 2,086,273

' BEVERAGE M IXING MACHINE Filed April 6, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS'. JZz/nea dri r Hans M laekk am! BY fish J Chaim,

G ATTORNEYJ Patented July 6, 1937 UNITED STATES 2.0mm BEVERAGE MIXING MACHINE.

James Kantor, Hana Madsen Stark. and Henry- J. Chilton, Chicago. 11]., anignors to The Liquid Carbonic Corporation tion of Delaware Chicago, 111., a oorpora- Application April 0, 1930, m No. 72.840

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The invention relates to improvements in machines for mixing beverages and particularly, machines for mixing beverages alter they have been bottled.

In those machines for bottling carbonated beverages, it is customary to first introduce into the bottle a measured quantity of syrup, after which the required quantity of carbonated water is delivered to the bottle. In bottling carbonated beverages in this manner the most satisfactory results are obtained by allowing the water from the filling valve to flow horizontally, after the valve has been inserted in the bottle, against the inner wall of the bottle thereby causing the water to flow down the wall gently so as not to mix with the syrup. Due to the high content of C03, commonly referred to as gas, in the water, if the water is allowed to flow under a great pressure or is directed in a stream against the already deposited syrup, the mixture will be caused to foam in the bottle thereby preventing the complete filling of the bottle and possibly causing an overflow.

As a result, after the bottle has been delivered from the filling machine there is a distinct line of division between the syrup and the carbonated water. The syrup lies at the bottom of the bottle and the carbonated water lies on top.

It is one of the objects of the present machine to so agitate the bottle after it has received its charge of syrup and carbonated water and has been crowned, as to cause a thorough mixture of the syrup with the carbonated water.

For the purpose of disclosing the invention, one embodiment thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a machine embodying the invention;

Fig. 3 is a developed view of the cam causing the rocking of the bottles.

In the structure illustrated there is provided a suitable housing or base I on which the various parts are mounted. Arranged within this housing is a vertically disposed post 2 on which is mounted a rotatable sleeve 3. This sleeve carries at its lower end a worm gear 4 meshing with the worm pinion 5 driven by any suitable means. The sleeve extends up through the housing I and carries at its top a disc-like table 6 which rotates with the sleeve. This table carries a suitable number of pivotally mounted bottle supports or holders, preferably l2 in number. Each holder is of the same construction and a description of one, therefore, is only necessary. Each holder is provided with a bracket 1 bolted or otherwise secured to the underface of the head 3 and provided with a pair of spaced apart arms I between which is supported a pivot shaft 9. Each of the holders comprises a bottle rest Ill having a 5 back flange Ii and vertically extending from the back of this rest III is a hollow post l2. Within this post is mounted a vertically movable stem II which carries at its upper end a clamping arm ll adjustably secured to the stem by the means of a 10 clamping bolt l5 and provided on its underface with a preferably rubber clamping block 16. It will be noted that this clamping block is in vertical alignment with the bottle rest Ill. The stem I3 is biased in a downward or clamping direction by a coiled spring l'l interposed between a shoulder l8 at the bottom of the stem and a shoulder (not shown) at the top of the hollow post l2. The lower end of this stem i3 is provided with a laterally extending shaft l9 carrying a roller 20, the purpose of which will more fully hereinafter appear. An additional roller 2| is mounted on a shaft 22 on the under side of the rest Ill.

The roller 20 is adapted to engage and rest upon a substantially horizontal cam 23 on a cam ring 24 carried by thebase I and this cam 23. is of just suflicient length to maintain the stem i3 and with it the block IS in a raised and receiving position during the placing of a bottle on the bottle rest l0. By the time the bottle has been placed in position on the rest, the roller 20 will have run off the cam 23 so that under the influence of the spring I! the clamping head IE will securely engage the top of the bottle and clamp the same down on the rest Ill thereby holding the bottle securely in position.

The roller 2| is adapted to engage on a rather peculiarly shaped cam, likewise carried by the cam ring 24 and this cam is of a rather peculiar construction as shown in Fig. 2. As shown in this figure, the cam has a rather elongated areshaped top portion 25 which is substantially horizontal and which corresponds. in length to the cam 23. This portion 25 merges into an edged portion 26 which is substantially vertical and which gradually turns under as at 21 and is inclined inwardly as at 28 so that as the bottle support moves around with the head G'the roller bearing on this cam portion will permit the bottle rest to tilt to a downwardly inclined position. The cam from the point 29 then reverses itself to a substantially horizontal portion 30 on an outward extension 3|, after which the cam again dips down and under to a second extension 32 and from thence moves up to the outer edge of the extension. The cam then dips down again to provide the same downward inclination of the bottle holder until it reaches the projection 38, at which time it turns upward to again raise the bottle and after leaving 11 again dips down at the point 34 until it reaches the point II. It is thus seen that the bottle is oscillated from the vertical upright position to an almost vertical inverted position, as shown to the right on Fig. 1, and that between each inverted position there is a perceptible dwell or pause. It is also noted that the movement from the upright to the inverted position is quite rapid, due to the shortness of the cam construction. As a result, when the bottle is inverted, it is inverted rapidly and given what might be termed a throw-down thereby tending to throw the syrup in the bottom of the bottle toward the neck. At the same time, after this sharp throw has occurred, there is a perceptible pause while the bottle is in its inverted position to permit the syrup to run from the bottom of the bottle towards the neck and due to the repeated oscillation of the bottle, by the time it has reached the delivery point the syrup and carbonated beverage is thoroughly mixed.

The bottles are preferably fed to the rests II on the mixing machine through the medium of a star wheel 36 and taken from the rests It by a star wheel 31 mounted on the rotating shaft 38. This shaft is provided with a gear I! meshing with a gear 40 in turn meshing with an idler ll driven from a gear 42 on the sleeve 3. A gear similar to the gear 39 and meshing with the gear 40 drives the star wheel 3.

We claim as our invention:

1. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a rotary head, of a bottle support pivoted on said head and rotatable therewith, an irregular circular shaped cam stationarily mounted relatively to said headhaving a portion maintaining said support in a horizontal position for a portion of its travel and a portion for imparting a, plurality of rapid oscillations to said table and a portion permitting said table to remain in a position inclined below the horizontal between said oscillations.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a rotary head, of a bottle support pivoted on said head and rotatable therewith, an irregularly shaped cam stationarily mounted relatively to said head having a portion maintaining said support in a horizontal position for a portion of its travel and-a portion for imparting a successive series of rapid oscillations to said support with a portion permitting a dwell between said oscillations with the table inclined below the horizontal, means for clamping said bottle on said table, and means for operating said clamping means to release the bottle during the movement of the support in a horizontal position.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a rotary head, of a support pivotally mounted on said head, an arm extending substantially at right angles to said support, a clamping jaw secured at one end of said arm, means biasing said arm and jaw in a clamping position, a cam stationarily mounted relatively to said support having a, portion engaging the free end of said support to maintain the same in a substantially horizontal position and a portion coinciding with said first named cam portion for engaging the bottom end of said arm to move said clamping Jaw to open position against said biasing means and additional portions on said cam engaging the free end of said support for tal, said cam portions for permitting a dwell of said support between oscillations with the support inclined below the horizontal.

' 4. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a rotary head, of a support pivotally mounted on said head, means for clamping the bottle on said support, a cam stationarily. mounted relatively to said head having a portion engaging the free end of said support to maintain the same in substantially a horizontal position during a portion of its circular travel, said cam having a series of portions permitting the support to swing below the horizontal more than ninety degrees, and a series of portions for restoring the same, with portions intermediate of the same permitting the support to dwell in the position below the horizontal.

5. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a rotary head, of a plurality of bottle supports radially disposed on said head and pivotally mounted, means for clamping said bottles on said supports, an infeed star and an outfeed star associated with said head, a cam associated with said head on which the free end of each of said supports is adapted to ride, and having a portion for maintaining each support in a substantially horizontal position as it passes said infeed and outfeed stars, additional portions for imparting a series of oscillations to said supports as they rotate with said head, with an appreciable dwell between each series of oscillations, and means for maintaining said clamping means in a disengaging position during the passage of each support past the infeed and outfeed stars.

6. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a rotatable head, of a plurality of supports pivotally mounted on said head, each support having a platform for supporting a bottle, a vertically extending arm at right angles to said platform, a clamping jaw at the upper end of said arm for engaging a bottle on the platform, a spring surrounding said arm and biasing the clamping jaw in clamping position, a cam stationarily mounted relatively to said table, a roller on the free end of said platform engaging said cam, said cam having portions for imparting a series of oscillations below the horizontal and to the horizontal to said platform with a series of dwells below the horizontal, a portion for maintaining said platform in a horizontal position during a portion of its movement with said table, and a cam member coinciding with said portion engaging the roller on the lower end of said arm for moving said clamping portion to disengaging position.

'7. In a device of the character described, the combination with a rotatable head, of a series of platforms pivotally mounted on said head, means for clamping a bottle on each of said platforms and asubstantially star-shaped cam stationarily mounted relatively to said head having portions adapted to be engaged by the free end of said platform and adapted to impart a series of oscillations to said platform during its rotation with said head, with an appreciable dwell between each series of oscillations.

JAMES KAN'IOR. HANS M. STAERK. HENRY J. CHILTON. 

